BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man who threatened to blow up the Buffalo VA facility was sentenced to time served.
Demont Coston, 56, was convicted of assault upon a federal employee and sentenced in Federal Court.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Henning, Coston called the U.S. Veterans Affairs Crisis Line last September and made repeated threats to blow-up the Buffalo VA facility. Coston called again later that same day and said, “I should go blow... I should go burn the building down.”
The next day, Coston texted the Crisis Line with a message that said “The VA haven't done (expletive) for me in 30 years, it’s time to get rid of it, by any means necessary.” He also texted, “Taking out all V.A. facilities, but I have 1 n mind first” and “I'm in DC, near the main VA ha ha ha good, I know where to hit them.”
